page_title: The Wrecker (Stevenson novel)
section_title: Adaptation
hierarchical_section_title: The Wrecker (Stevenson novel) / Adaptation
caption_attribution_description: Photo of James Garner as Bret Maverick and Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick. The episode is "Hostage" and this was the introduction of Kelly's character into the television series.
context_page_description: The Wrecker is an ocean adventure novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne.
context_section_description: "The Wrecker" is an episode of Roy Huggins' TV Western Maverick (1957)  starring James Garner and Jack Kelly. It is described in the opening title credit as "Robert Louis Stevenson's The Wrecker" and in the closing credits as "From a Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson & Lloyd Osbourne". The Maverick brothers buy the wreck of the Flying Scud at an auction in San Francisco and try to find out why its cargo is so valuable. The supporting cast features Errol Flynn lookalike Patric Knowles as the character inspired by Jack Buckland and Karl Swenson as a colorful sea captain.
caption: James Garner and Jack Kelly as Bret and Bart Maverick in Maverick (1957)
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